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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Saturday, March 20, 2010

To fully appreciate the amazing awesomeness of today's fan feature, you need to be familiar with the Lazy Town song and video, "Cookin' By the Book." Don't know it? Then go here to watch the clip - it's surprisingly catchy.

Ok, everyone caught up? Good. Now, behold: WRECKIN' BY THE BOOK!

This inspired homage was written by Carrie Dahlby for The Funny Music Project, a regular contributor to the Dr. Demento show. (You can't ask for better credentials than that, can you?) This group of genius musicians publishes new comedy songs and/or videos every week, and if you head over there now you can download "Wreckin' by the Book" for free!

I recommend playing it over and over again until your kids beg for mercy. Then make up a little dance to go with it. Something I can do. So, lots of awkward swaying and off-beat clapping. Yeah. That'd be awesome.

A great big wrecky "THAK YOU" to Carrie, Luke, and their whole madcap team for making my week. You guys wreck AND rock.

And because they're hilarious and must be read to be fully appreciated, here are the lyrics:

Shoebox:I pile on the frostingIn brown and fuchsia lumpsThis work is so exhaustingThat my spelling talent slumps

Carrie:It's a piece of cake to make a wrecky cakeJust be a little lazyDon't gotta do the cooking by the bookJust make it weird and crazyNever use a classy recipeJust gob on frosting daisiesIf you throw away your cooking book, then you'll wreck a cakeWe've got our Cake Wreck madeOur Carrot Jockeys cakeFinally it's time to wreck a cake

Wyngarde:Don't tell me "I want sprinkles"If that is what you wantI'll squeeze out "I want sprinkles"In a pretty frosting font

Carrie:It's a piece of cake to make a wrecky cakeCake wrecks dot com will tell youYou also gotta buy her funny bookThat Amazon will sell youYou do not hafta be the "Ace of Cakes"Just make a fondant fish stewIf you do the wreckin' by the book, then you'll wreck a cakeOn Superbowl SundayWe'll make a wrecky cakeFinally it's time to wreck a cakeAnd on our wedding dayWe'll make a wrecky cakeFinally it's time to wreck a --

Luke:Break it down, Jen! Show all bakeries whyThey should have a spelling test before hiring some guy!Grab some cupcakes, slather icing inch high,Make a Curious George that'll make a kid cry!That pink tarantula? That's a cake wreck!That daffodil pony? That's a cake wreck!That flaming armadillo? That's a cake wreck!That groom's slab of beef? That's a cake wreck!

Carrie: Luke:It's a piece of cake to make a wrecky cake - What!?Just be a little lazy - Okay!Don't gotta do the cooking by the book - What!?Just make it weird and crazy - Yeah!Never use a classy recipe - Cake!?Just gob on frosting daisies - Wreck!If you throw away your cooking book - Yeah!Then you'll wreck a cake

Luke:Cake wrecks dot blogspot dot comHas the cakes that are the bomb!Army men like Vietnam?Made by pros, not by your Mom!Naked Mohawk baby carrot jockeys rule the worldIn a vortex of doom, trapped inside a puce swirl!It makes your head spin, like you're on a Tilt-A-Whirl!I saw Darth Vader with a baby, "It's A Girl!"

Carrie:You gotta do the wreckin' by the book! Cake!

Luke:Yeah!!!

Note: If you don't recognize all of the Wrecks in the video, that's because many of them are from the book. Did you know that 75% of the book is new Wreckage? And that the book is less than $10 on Amazon? Huh? Didja? Didja?

That is brilliant! My video-making class of 11-12 year olds used the original song in their "Revenge of Cake Boy" video last year. I tortured them with the song over and over - wait til I show them this one! hee hee

For those who don't recognize the "rapper" part of this video, it's from "The Most Improbable Li'l Jon Mashup Ever" on CollegeHumor. If you like the original, you should check out the mashup (if my link doesn't work, go to collegehumor.com and look it up). It's absolutely hilarious! (Note that it is, as an earlier commenter noted, extremely NSFW)

Wow--THAT was a wild & crazy ride. I clicked the "go here," and watched the video...Then, I started to write a comment... and suddenly I noticed that I was back in 2009. (!!!)Freaky! My own lttle Twilight- Zoney time warp. =^@.@^=The "DOH!" moment: I was commenting on the OLDER post, fer cryin' out loud.I know I'm getting senile...but I didn't *think* I was going crazy, too.Now I do.ANYway, that was awesomely awesome and too cool for school...or something like that!I think you should do a package deal--include the video commercial with the book!!!What a marketing strategy! What genius! A twofer! A BOGO! A--aww, shut up, me!I love you guys. *sniff*

What, am I the only person who likes the original? Better, even.Honestly, I like parody music, but there's a difference between 'one listen and some chuckling, maybe' and 'going on my MP3 player and singing along', and this is more in the one listen category. Honestly, primarily because of the music quality: putting on funny voices affects music quality. I don't honestly known if Ziggy's voice actor is a better singer than Shoebox's, but Ziggy is definitely a better singer than Shoebox.

I love Cake Wrecks and read it to my kids. It's like a bed time story with cake. The kids adore Lazy Town, no mater how creepy it is. I have had nightmares about Sporticus. Somehow,, the two together as a hand puppet parody is simply perfect. The kids and I bonded over this. Thank you.

I just showed this to my almost 7-year-old who is a huge fan of Lazytown. While we were watching it (twice), she said she wants to make a cake wreck cake for her birthday this year. I think that's an excellent idea, but how will we ever choose WHICH cake wreck to make?

I may be the only person to disagree, but a flaming armadillo cake is NOT a cake wreck. In the unlikely event that I ever open my own bakery, I think we'd sell only flaming armadillo cakes... because they go beyond your typical awesome.

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